Four Die in Prison Heat Punishment Probe
Philadelphia coroner blames "tough guards" for deaths of four inmates in a prison isolation block heat punishment. He cites at least one higher up involved and notes ongoing arrests. Guards and a captain questioned as investigators seek whether heat was a common practice.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Hersch
Klondike
Philadelphia County
Hersch
John A. Boyl
Martin P. Crane
John A. Boyle
Francis Smith
Smith
Boyle
William B. Mills
Captain McGuire
Mills
12 Year Old Girl Charged With Killing Father
A 12 year old Irene Giricz of Centerville was charged with murder in Washington Pennsylvania after allegedly shooting her father Steve Giricz 53 as he ate breakfast. Prosecutor James Bane said the girl claimed years of abuse by her father and planned the slaying for a month. The family lived in an old farm house and the father worked for WPA.
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Washington, Pa
James
Bane
Irene Giricz
Centerville
Steve Giricz
Irene
Giricz
Brownsville
Mae B. Ecker
Giriczs
WPA
Hungary
American protest over Chinese American airliner gunned by Japan
Secretary of State Hull warned Japan that U.S. public opinion rose over the destruction of a Chinese American commercial airliner by Japanese warplanes. He delivered an emphatic note noting 14 Chinese lives lost, an American pilot Hugh L. Wood of Winfield Kansas, and Pan American Airways foreign interests in the China National Aviation Corporation. The attack was deemed unwarranted, endangering noncombatant passengers and the American pilot while harming American property interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cordell Hull
Japan
Tokyo
State Department
Hull
Hugh L. Wood
Winfield, Kas
Pan-American Airways
Joseph C. Grew
Pan- American Airways
China National Aviation Corporation
Weavers Win 319 Dollar Verdict In Court
Judge Norman T. Boose adjourned the August term of Common Pleas Court after completing the calendar. A jury awarded Earl Weaver and Anna Weaver of Richland township Cambria county 319 dollars in damages from the estate of Ollie E. Arthur, revealed when opened in court Friday morning. The Weavers had sued over damages after a constable levied on and sold their automobile for alleged delinquent rent.
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Norman T. Boose
Common Pleas
Earl Weaver
Anna Weaver
Richland
Cambria County
Ollie E. Arthur
Central City Plumbing and Heating Company
Rufus Lochrie
R. H. Lochrie
Elizabeth S. Lochrie
Robert L. Landis
Berlin
Landis
Penn Township Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Lancaster County
Berlin Provision Company
Relief fund plan warned illegal by Senate panel chief
Senate campaign expenditures chief Chairman Sheppard warns the Workers’ Alliance against raising a $50,000 fund among relief workers to influence the O’Connor race. He says funds from federal employees for or against a political object could lead to prosecution. Lasser says the alliance would suspend if proven illegal. The committee will review the issue at upcoming meetings after Labor Day.
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Sheppard
O’connor
Washington
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Workers’ Alliance
Justice Department
David Lasser
Alliance
Congress
Lasser
Senate Investigating Committee
C. O
A. F. of L
Dies
House Committee On “un-American
E. L. Oliver
Labor
Co. I. O
League
Edward F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Railway Audit and Inspection Bureau
Roosevelt
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
Oliver
Lewis
Somerse t county Democratic picnic shows faded enthusiasm
Reporter notes the Kingwood gathering exposed rifts from a costly primary fight. Attendance estimates ranged 3 000 but turnout varied. many WPA workers and UMW members were absent. Leaders spoke on stage yet the crowd remained subdued, hinting at lingering tensions and a tense, divided party mood.
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Kingwood
Kennedy-Uhi
Thess
WPA
United Mine Workers
Uhl
Simon K. Uhl
UMW
Clarence Donaldson
Bill Parks
Somerset County
Lawrence
Works Progress Administration
Slayers Never Found and Schultz Case Reflections
George Weinberg 36, once tied to the Schultz policy racket, denies killing Schultz in Newark in 1935 and says he was home the night of the slaying. He claims he paid James J. Hines as a political fixer while facing cross examination by Lloyd Paul Stryker as Dewey counters.
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New York
George Weinberg
Dutch Schultz
Schultz
Newark
N. J
Lammany District
James J. Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Weinberg
Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Stryker
Dudley Brothwell
Riding Academy
Fairfield
Sun Tan
Brothwell
Rotary talk on petroleum research by Hemminger
Charles E Hemminger engineer with Standard Oil of New Jersey spoke at the Somerset Rotary Club lunch at the Ferner hotel. He urged public and industrial benefit from research noting patents protect innovators but discoveries aid all manufacturers and highlighted advances in using petroleum well output for gasoline. He is the son of Dr and Mrs Charles J Hemminger of East Patriot Street.
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Charles E. Hemminger
Westfield
N. J
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Hemminger
Charles J. Hemminger
East Patriot Street
Theft suspect pair held in county jail over Doboy bull death
Joe Saksek and Frank Stravasnik, both of Johnstown, are jailed awaiting preliminary hearing on larceny charges linked to the theft and killing of a bull owned by Jesse Doboy of Central City. Blood was found at the farm, and car blood spots were found during search.
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Joe Saksek
Frank Stravasnik
Johnstown
Jesse Doboy
Central City
Criminal Investigation Unit
Howard Baldwin
Somerset Township
Mr. Doboy
Carl
Doboy
Stravasnik
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Smerset Township
Nat C Wilson to Speak at Red Cross Dinner
Committees for the Windber chapter of the American Red Cross announced Friday that Nat C Wilson assistant manager of the Red Cross has been secured as speaker for the annual dinner on September 14. The meal will be served in the Presbyterian church social rooms with reports and a nominating committee hearing. Miss Esther Edmundson of Pittsburgh will entertain.
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Windber Chapter
American Red Cross
Nat C. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Esther Edmundson
Pittsburgh
Another Hearing on Laundry Wages in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg August 26 Secretary of Labor and Industry Ralph M Bashore promised another public hearing to consider a revised wage and hour schedule for 20 000 women and minors in the Pennsylvania laundry industry. No date has been set.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Pennsylvania
Coroner seeks removal of Holmesburg prison staff
Coroner Charles Hersch says he will urge Governor Earle to replace every guard and official at Holmesburg prison with Pennsylvania motor police as a triple probe investigates four hunger strikers' deaths. Warden Mills denies steam or punishment. photos show steam pipes removed and two officials in talks with Mills at night.
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Charles I. Engard
Hersch
Calcutta
Klondike
Fingard
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
American Prison Association
Pennsylvania
Holmesburg County
Philadelphia
Charles D. Hersch
Pennsylvania Motor Police
William Mills
Mills
William Donovan
Pennsylvania State Department of Welfare
John Boyle
Roosevelt says eye to eye with Farley on political drive
President Roosevelt stated he and James A. Farley are in complete agreement on the national political situation. Farley discussed states with stakes in the New Deal, including Maryland New York Georgia South Carolina and Idaho. Roosevelt reiterated opposition to Communist influence in primaries and urged WPA workers not to fund campaigns. He signaled support for social security plans but noted tax details still to be clarified.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
White House
Maryland
New York
Georgia
South Carolina
Idaho
Maryand
Millard Tydings
David Lewis
Fay
John O’connor
House Rules Committee
James H. Fay
O'Connor
Harry Hopkins
WPA
California
Taxes Drive Em Out By William M Blair
Conneaut Lake Pa Aug 26 The 52nd annual county commissioners convention urged unhampered home rule and state purchases from Pennsylvania industry to curb heavy taxes. Resolution drafted by F Harold Gates cites taxation as driving industry from the state and calls for voter registration and highway policy to be controlled by county commissioners. The group backs counties receiving interest on delinquent obligations and opposes bills affecting counties without hearings.
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Conneaut Lake
Pennsylvania
R. L. Coughlin
Luzerne
Association’s Resolutions Committee
F. Harold Gates
Venango County
Snyder to Speak at Windber Labor Day Event
Congressman J Beal Snyder of the Somerset Fayette county district will headline Windber Labor Day ceremonies on September 5 with John Ghizzoni of Homero City also on the program. The Windber Scalp Level locals jointly sponsor the event, featuring a morning parade and afternoon athletic events at Recreation Park followed by an evening dance with Laddie Timko's Windber orchestra.
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J. Beal Snyder
Somerset-Fayette County
United Mine Workers of America
Windber
John Ghizzoni
Homer City
International Board
United Mine Workers
Recreation Park
Park Pavilion
Laddie Timko
Orchestra of
Polly Jane Shop Moves to New Quarters on West Main
The Polly Jane Shop, after three months in the Somerset Drug building, has relocated to the Berkey building on West Main Street. A grand fall opening is planned for next week with further announcements to follow in the columns of the American.
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Polly Jane
Somerset Drug
Berkey
West Main Street
Somerset Weather Report Data From David Grove Observer
Daily weather note shows maximum 75 and minimum 40 for 24 hour period from Thursday 5 30 pm to Friday 5 30 pm. Prior year readings listed as 71 and 36. Source presents OCR garbled lines with weather figures and a note of observer.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania sees fair conditions Saturday with a similar cool, steady temperature. Sunday turns partly cloudy with little temperature change. In extreme southern West Virginia an occasional Saturday shower is possible, with Sunday fair conditions. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect partly cloudy Saturday, Sunday fair, and minimal temperature fluctuation.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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